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ScriptOhio
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DAMON ARNETTE
It looks as if coming back to school really did help cornerback Damon Arnette after all.
Arnette began the summer as a fifth-round pick. After a great year, he has become a consensus second-round selection with an average selection at pick No. 51.33. Arnette projects to be the ninth cornerback off of the board.
Arnette's physicality with receivers is probably his best trait, allowing him to disrupt routes before they begin. The NFL allows more contact with the receiver, giving Arnette an even bigger advantage at the next level.
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Arnette is so underappreciated. Dude had a monster senior year. Such a great decision to come back to school
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billmac91
Head Coach
I really think Hafley was a huge momentum boost for Damon. Richard Sherman said Hafley is the best DB Coach he ever played for. Between a new approach from Hafley, after the debacle that was the 2018 season, combined with Chase Young being a terror, he made himself a lot of $$$ coming back.
I know Coach Coombs is going to have the back-end playing well, but I can't emphasize enough how important it was for our secondary to mix up coverages instead of being in press man 90+ percent of the time. The level of play was night and day when a QB needs to read what coverage we are in prior to snapping the ball.
It was one thing I never really understood about Urban....who is one of the greatest to ever do it. He even mentions it in regards to offense...."we put men in motion nearly every play just to see what the coverage is." It shocks me Coach Meyer would almost arrogantly say " we are going to play press coverage. We are a press coverage school". I just never understood the deficit you'd put your defense in. Even the slightest edge can make or break the difference in a game, and we were telling our opponents "man coverage".
It just never sat well with me, and watching Hafley and Mattison work in unison with mixed coverages was such a welcome site. Knowing that the Titans used a lot of exotic coverages and mixed it up quite a bit gives me a good feeling, because prior to Coombs going to the NFL, we were in that straight "press man" mentality. We almost used it as a cocky, bravado type thing.....are you good enough to come to OSU and lock up your receiver in press man? And it worked.....until it didn't. I don't see anything wrong with telling recruits, "you are going to learn to play press man and lock up receivers, but you're going to learn zone coverages, and play on an elite defense, and be even more prepared for the NFL".
I know Coach Coombs is going to have the back-end playing well, but I can't emphasize enough how important it was for our secondary to mix up coverages instead of being in press man 90+ percent of the time. The level of play was night and day when a QB needs to read what coverage we are in prior to snapping the ball.
It was one thing I never really understood about Urban....who is one of the greatest to ever do it. He even mentions it in regards to offense...."we put men in motion nearly every play just to see what the coverage is." It shocks me Coach Meyer would almost arrogantly say " we are going to play press coverage. We are a press coverage school". I just never understood the deficit you'd put your defense in. Even the slightest edge can make or break the difference in a game, and we were telling our opponents "man coverage".
It just never sat well with me, and watching Hafley and Mattison work in unison with mixed coverages was such a welcome site. Knowing that the Titans used a lot of exotic coverages and mixed it up quite a bit gives me a good feeling, because prior to Coombs going to the NFL, we were in that straight "press man" mentality. We almost used it as a cocky, bravado type thing.....are you good enough to come to OSU and lock up your receiver in press man? And it worked.....until it didn't. I don't see anything wrong with telling recruits, "you are going to learn to play press man and lock up receivers, but you're going to learn zone coverages, and play on an elite defense, and be even more prepared for the NFL".
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